(3) YA Years behind bars for a crime you didn't commit: it seems like a nightmare, but forensic scientist Murray tells the stories of some of the over 1,400 Americans who have been wrongfully convicted and exonerated since 1989. With glossy pages and occasional color photos, the text is detailed enough for research but engaging enough for leisure reading. Reading list, websites. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Lisa Catherine Findlay

(3) YA Approximately seventy-five percent of unidentified human remains are positively identified by forensic professionals. Using case studies to introduce each chapter, this comprehensive title contains a detailed look at how physical features, bones and teeth, and cellular structures provide the necessary clues to identification. Diagrams, X-rays, and color photographs adequately extend the text. A "web enhancement" is available. Reading list, websites. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Tamara DePasquale

(3) YA Discovery! series. From the conditions necessary to keep a body alive, to disease and other causes of death, to post-mortem changes and the final stages of decomposition, this book takes a head-on look at the subject. Murray's informative text is enhanced by well-chosen photos and sidebars, which also help to lighten the impact of the sometimes difficult subject matter. Websites. Bib., glos., ind.

Reviewer: Kitty Flynn

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Audrey Colman. While at a beach resort, Walter the dog's flatulence leads to complaints and his confinement to his owners' room. There, he eats raw fruit and develops such tremendous gas that he unearths buried treasure. This enables Walter's owners to buy their own vacation cottage where Walter can fart freely. The grotesque story and illustrations will appeal to fans.

Reviewer: David Elzey

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Audrey Colman. There's a wistful quality to this third book about the flatulent but lovable pooch, in which Walter floats through the air for days after his anti-fart treatment bloats him like a balloon. Though overly busy and surreal, the digitally configured illustrations capture Walter's uniquely heroic act of finally releasing his gas to blow millions of butterflies out of a windstorm.

Reviewer: Christine M. Heppermann